One of the problems with the old electricity, the wiring, switches, sockets and equipment is that we don’t exactly know what we can use later. What are the regulations, is it aloud to use old wires. The goal is to save as much of the original as is allowed so for now it’s finding out the regulations.
Almost 10 Years ago I worked for the Nordnorsk Fartøyvernsenter og Båtmuseum in Gratangen Norway as a wooden boat builder. There are three of these “fartøyvernsenter”, (boat preservation center) in Norway, two are specialized in restoring wooden boats and one is specialized in steel or iron boats.
I started working in Gratangen in 2006 as a boat builder and in 2010 I was responsible as project manager for the Restoration of Brottsjø together with the help of the other experienced boat builders. Because my Norwegian writing skills were not good enough I started a blog where I wrote in English and kept a relative detailed rapport on what I was doing on a weekly basis.
For the last 3 years I have worked for a coastal museum in Rørvik (Kystmuseet Norveg). I restore old wooden buildings that are part of the collection and I also restore Torgunn Katrine, a 40ft wooden fishing boat from 1936. The pictures you see here are from that project. It is a small museum with only two craftsmen. My colleague restores mainly buildings and I do most of the work on the boats we have. Torgunn is a big project of at least 4000-man hours. I have a student and some temporary help and if everything goes well we will be ready next summer. I will tell more in an upcoming post.
Here is a link to the website of the museum where I work: kystmuseetnorveg
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